Saturday, March 29, 2014

Khrua Thai @ One City USJ Skypark

Only four or five restaurants are open so far at the One City Skypark 10th-floor rooftop, so hungry customers have few options, making Khrua Thai a venue that can get crowded as the evening progresses.

Folks mostly head to this rooftop to take in the view; some stay on to eat, but others might be wary of the higher prices here.

Steamed mixed seafood in foil (RM28 before taxes). The food's OK, though portions are certainly not generous, so customers might need to either spend at least RM40 per person or risk leaving a bit peckish.

Deep-fried soft-shell crab. RM48 before taxes for three flat ones? Not cool, though to be fair, the illustrated menu did indicate that there would only be three pieces of crab served.

Salted egg yolk squid (RM30). Lots of squid recipes on the menu, from butter-fried to curry to steamed with lemon, tom yam to kam heong. For better or worse, the menu extends beyond being purely Thai.

Note: Patience will be a virtue if the kitchen finds itself swamped. During this restaurant's early weeks, customers sometimes had to wait more than an hour for their food, but the situation has likely improved since then (we hope).

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Extremely rude owner n waiters.I ordered a dessert n my two friends ordered their set meals.I was halfway eating my packed lunch from HOME when they rudely interrupted and ordered me to stop eating my lunch, saying no outside food allowed (when there was no sign saying so)I could not even nibble on my cut fruits (just grapes to be exact) and ordered me again to close my container lid.We will not come here again not do we recommend this place as the food was just OK.......It was an empty weekday noon (there were no other customers around, only the 3 of us) yet this is how they treat their customers